Pakistan itself to blame for terror attack, says Congress

October 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanded Sunday that Pakistan should try and punish those who masterminded the Mumbai terror attack last year. The prime minister told reporters here that diplomatic pressure from India and the international community had forced Pakistan to admit for the first time that its nationals were involved in the terror assault that killed some 170 people.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The dossier submitted by Pakistan on the Mumbai terror attack was the first time it had "formally briefed" India on the results of an investigation into a terror attack, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday and added that his government needed no lessons from the NDA. The dossier was a 34-page document containing details of the planning and the sequence of events, photographs, a copy of the first information report (FIR) and the communication methods used, the prime minister said in parliament.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Women terrorists are being trained in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir for anti-India activities, parliament was told Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken told the Lok Sabha that reports "indicate that women are being trained in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir for terror activities".

May 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Wednesday handed over to Pakistan a new dossier of evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attack, an official statement said. 'MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) have today handed over to the Pakistani High Commission additional information and details relating to the Mumbai terror attack sought by Pakistan,' it said.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing sympathies over the terror attack on a Pakistani police academy, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday that both countries should jointly take on terrorists. 'I have always said that India and Pakistan have to face jointly the scourge of terrorism,' he told reporters on the sidelines of the civil investiture ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Monday condemned the terror attack on the Lahore police academy, saying it offered its deep sympathy to the people of Pakistan. 'We don't have full information.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The attack on the Lahore police training centre Monday was similar to the Mumbai terror strike, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said while the attack was in progress. Malik told Geo TV that the terror strike in Lahore was similar to the Nov 26-29, 2008 carnage in Mumbai that left about 170 people dead.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India condemned the deadly terror attack on a police training centre in Lahore on Monday. Offering deepest sympathies to the people of Pakistan, Home Minister P.

March 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik Saturday said that his government is examining India's response to the 26/11 terror attack questions. 'Pakistan's interior ministry is in the process of examining India's response to the questionnaire,' Malik said at a function organised by the Goa non-resident Indians commissionerate here.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Tuesday said the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was the result of the 'space' that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and the international community must build pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. 'The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers makes it evident that it is the result of the space that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and hard-liners.

February 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday rejected the Indian allegations of its links with the Nov 26 Mumbai terror strike but said it will take the probe into the attack to its logical conclusion. 'Pakistan will try its best to take the Mumbai attack probe to its fruition, but at this stage the Indian allegations are not proving helpful,' The News quoted a foreign office spokesman as saying.

February 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Two Indian nationals have been arrested for providing support to the 26/11 terrorists and at least six Pakistanis are wanted for involvement in the terror attack, city Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor said Thursday evening. Pakistan has been informed about the latest developments.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US Ambassador David Mulford Friday tread cautiously on the alleged involvement of Pakistani official agencies in the Mumbai terror attack, saying accusations could not be made 'without proof'. 'I don't want to make accusations without proof,' Mulford replied when asked whether the US suspected the involvement of official agencies in the Mumbai terror strike.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's ruling Congress Monday condemned Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's statement that Islamabad could not hand over the 40 alleged terrorists whose list was given by New Delhi since there was no extradition treaty between the two countries. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters that according to a convention signed by the member-countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to root out terrorism, Pakistan was duty-bound to hand over the terrorists to New Delhi.

January 2nd, 2009 SHILLONG - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over the masterminds behind the Nov 26 Mumbai terror attack so that they can be tried in India. 'War (with Pakistan) is no solution but Pakistan should hand over the perpetratrors of the Mumbai attack for trial in India,' the prime minister said at a press conference here.